Positron emission particle tracking of granular flows

CRK Windows-Yule, JPK Seville… - Annual review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Positron emission particle tracking (PEPT) is a noninvasive technique capable of imaging
the three-dimensional dynamics of a wide variety of powders, particles, grains, and/or fluids …

Positron emission particle tracking—Application and labelling techniques

DJ Parker, X Fan - Particuology, 2008 - Elsevier
The positron emission particle tracking (PEPT) technique has been widely used in science
and engineering to obtain detailed information on the motion and flow fields of fluids or …

Numerical and experimental study on multiple-spout fluidized beds

MS Van Buijtenen, WJ Van Dijk, NG Deen… - Chemical engineering …, 2011 - Elsevier
In this paper we study the effect of multiple spouts on the bed dynamics in a pseudo-2D
triple-spout fluidized bed, employing the discrete particle model (DPM) and non-intrusive …

A coupled CFD–DEM model for tumbling mill dynamics—effect of lifter profile

A Mittal, M Kumar, N Mangadoddy - Powder Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
In comminution circuits, grinding is the most energy-intensive process. Although significant
work was focused on the charge particle dynamics via only DEM in the past, but lifter effects …

Modification of ilmenite surface chemistry for enhancing surfactants adsorption and bubble attachment

X Fan, KE Waters, NA Rowson, DJ Parker - Journal of colloid and interface …, 2009 - Elsevier
In this study, microwave irradiation is used to modify ilmenite surface chemistry to enhance
the adsorption of surfactants and the air bubble attachment. The results indicate that …

Granular temperature profiles in three-dimensional vibrofluidized granular beds

RD Wildman, JM Huntley, DJ Parker - Physical Review E, 2001 - APS
The motion of grains in a three-dimensional vibrofluidized granular bed has been measured
using the technique of positron emission particle tracking, to provide three-dimensional …

Experimental study on the influence of bed material on the scaling of solids circulation patterns in 3D bubbling gas–solid fluidized beds of glass and polyethylene …

JA Laverman, X Fan, A Ingram, M van Sint Annaland… - Powder Technology, 2012 - Elsevier
The time-averaged solids velocity profiles in a freely bubbling, three dimensional, gas–solid
fluidized bed have been experimentally quantified for two different bed materials and …

Convection in highly fluidized three-dimensional granular beds

RD Wildman, JM Huntley, DJ Parker - Physical review letters, 2001 - APS
Free, buoyancy-driven convection has been observed experimentally in three-dimensional
highly fluidized granular flows for the first time. Positron emission particle tracking was used …

Labelling a single particle for positron emission particle tracking using direct activation and ion-exchange techniques

X Fan, DJ Parker, MD Smith - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics …, 2006 - Elsevier
Positron emission particle tracking (PEPT) is a non-invasive technique used for obtaining
dynamic information within multiphase systems. It involves tracking a single radioactively …

The solids flow in the riser of a Circulating Fluidised Bed (CFB) viewed by Positron Emission Particle Tracking (PEPT)

M Van de Velden, J Baeyens, JPK Seville, X Fan - Powder Technology, 2008 - Elsevier
Circulating Fluidised Beds (CFB) are attracting increasing interest for both gas–solid and
gas-catalytic reactions, although the operating modes in these two cases are completely …